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texas had a top-10 system. the top 10 graduates of high schools around the state were automatically admitted to austin. they had a good amount of diversity through that system. in addition to that, texas started using race as an emissions factor. the challenge is really to the extra use of race. the court could say as long as you have got diversity through this one system, you cannot go beyond to consider race. that would be essentially limited to texas. on the other hand, they could say more broadly that any use of race is unconstitutional, and we disavow what was said in the michigan case. that would be a big deal that would affect universities all around the country. >> it is interesting how different it is around the country. california has a constitutional amendment that disallows using race in college admissions. it is interesting that this case comes from texas. it seems if there was any legislature that would rule that you could not use race in university admissions, it would be the texas legislature. i
texas had a top-10 system. the top 10 graduates of high schools around the state were automatically admitted to austin. they had a good amount of diversity through that system. in addition to that, texas started using race as an emissions factor. the challenge is really to the extra use of race. the court could say as long as you have got diversity through this one system, you cannot go beyond to consider race. that would be essentially limited to texas. on the other hand, they could say more...
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one here in texas. this does speak to the challenges that we face telling people when to vote, telling them the wrong information on a republican versus a democratic ticket. we have a another flier stating that due to a larger turnouts they must vote on december 5. republicans and their supporters may vote on november 4. this is a deceptive practice. it is not protected speech. they have documented this type of rise in to such tactics throughout our leadership. this is the largest type of effort. it was out of these factors that we realized a need for such legislation. through our hot line, which is a way in which we received calls about the situation, we have already received calls from half a million people complaining about problems. this includes this that we have mentioned today. my colleague will speak further to the instances we encountered in wisconsin. recently, we will be releasing a 2012 report on the practices. we do provide recommendations of how to move forward. we discuss insufficiencies
one here in texas. this does speak to the challenges that we face telling people when to vote, telling them the wrong information on a republican versus a democratic ticket. we have a another flier stating that due to a larger turnouts they must vote on december 5. republicans and their supporters may vote on november 4. this is a deceptive practice. it is not protected speech. they have documented this type of rise in to such tactics throughout our leadership. this is the largest type of...
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is a liberal- conservative compromise in the sense that liberals have favored the steps of implicit texas as a way of increasing productivity. conservatives have said their ways on saving budget revenues. have resulted in very high tax rates. lower income households are especially affected. i remind you that you have these implicit taxes in pell grants and dozens of programs including most of the subsidies in the tax systems. we have done a lot of work on trying to calculate these taxes. the first grant on the screen is the same as a figure oneb, and shows the maximum benefits for which a single head of household in two children will be eligible. rates are low. they are even negative, and $10,000 to $50,000 of income. thereafter they rise quickly. figure three of my testimony, i show the effective tax rate for households as income rises from $10,000 to $40,000. income and social security taxes take away 30% of earnings and then universally available programs, items like eic -- that raises the rate. if people are in welfare programs, it can rise above 80%. what used to be called a poverty
is a liberal- conservative compromise in the sense that liberals have favored the steps of implicit texas as a way of increasing productivity. conservatives have said their ways on saving budget revenues. have resulted in very high tax rates. lower income households are especially affected. i remind you that you have these implicit taxes in pell grants and dozens of programs including most of the subsidies in the tax systems. we have done a lot of work on trying to calculate these taxes. the...
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a lot of male politicians have thought they should be president in texas. have you ever thought about running for president yourself, and if so, why did you decide not to do it? >> well, yes, i have, and i would have loved to have the right timing. i adopted my two children 12 years ago, and i go home every weekend. i was not here for the sunday shows to build my name identification in the way you would if you were running for president. i have not been able to do some of the things to prepare. also, up until really this year it was kind of a given that the person with the most seniority and the most logical next step choice would run for president. this year, amazingly, people just popped up and ran for president. [laughter] i mean if i were 15 years younger and my children were gone, and i could have run for president under these rules back then. i would have loved to run for president, but the timing was not right. i never felt, like she said, when i was elected, that i was ready to run the country, would they not be lucky, and i have met those people in
a lot of male politicians have thought they should be president in texas. have you ever thought about running for president yourself, and if so, why did you decide not to do it? >> well, yes, i have, and i would have loved to have the right timing. i adopted my two children 12 years ago, and i go home every weekend. i was not here for the sunday shows to build my name identification in the way you would if you were running for president. i have not been able to do some of the things to...
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they deliver that line in texas. they deliver that line in california. they deliver that line in vermont. there is the electoral college. it is still there. the reason why they deliver the line of fear is because they know that the greens represent challenge and that we are competition and they do not want us to take it anywhere in the country. they don't want competition. they are not afraid of the republicans or losing. they lose all the time. they made it an industry, losing. they won all the time they would not have a job. so, i am going to conclude in a few moments. we have a little bit of dirty work to do here. it is the type of dirty work i like to do. i would like to make it a formality a reality. please welcome holly hart of iowa. the state that al gore walled wisconsin in 2000. wrong side of the river, al. >> so the grass roots rules. we have a vice presidential candidate, and when this person is announced, we need from you at least 50% majority approval. we want you to register it by a show of hands and whatever noise that you wish to make. >>
they deliver that line in texas. they deliver that line in california. they deliver that line in vermont. there is the electoral college. it is still there. the reason why they deliver the line of fear is because they know that the greens represent challenge and that we are competition and they do not want us to take it anywhere in the country. they don't want competition. they are not afraid of the republicans or losing. they lose all the time. they made it an industry, losing. they won all...
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the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you. are you familiar with these cases, the louis decker case in new york, the case in california. you familiar with those names? >> i may know them by different descriptors. >> let me briefly go through these and i will talk about specifically criminals. as a former judge and prosecutor as you work, crime is something that none of us like. there are some criminals that are still halt -- they are still here and do not go home when they are supposed to. louis decker was a grandmother in new york when she was ordered a murder by bangladesh. -- she was murdered by a citizen of bangladesh. he was illegally here in the united states. the system worked while in prison he was ordered back to bangladesh. he never went back to bangladesh. it would not take and here he gets out of prison and he murders louis decker. steals her car and some other things. ashton klein mcmurray, a 16- year-old child coming come from a football game was murdered and beaten by an individual from cambodia. the same situat
the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you. are you familiar with these cases, the louis decker case in new york, the case in california. you familiar with those names? >> i may know them by different descriptors. >> let me briefly go through these and i will talk about specifically criminals. as a former judge and prosecutor as you work, crime is something that none of us like. there are some criminals that are still halt -- they are still here and do not go home...
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the department of justice's has a case against the texas -- the state of texas, that the trial, shock was expressed in counting military ideas -- id. there is no excuse for failing to except the government-issued military i.d., and the public deserves an answer for this today. further partisan bias is clear in the national voters registration act enforcement, aggressively suing states for now -- for not aggressively enough registering voters at welfare offices, but not a single case to fight fraud. when ford tried to comply voluntarily by removing non- citizens from its boulder roles, and the department of justice rushed to course -- rushed to court, and lost. over objections, the department of justice forced dayton, ohio, to lower the passing score on the police recruitment exam to increase diversity even though federal law prohibits altering the results of employment-based tests on the basis of race. it appears the division is breaking the law. further, the civil rights division requires taxpayers to pay for costly bilingual ballots, even though it really exempts motors educated in
the department of justice's has a case against the texas -- the state of texas, that the trial, shock was expressed in counting military ideas -- id. there is no excuse for failing to except the government-issued military i.d., and the public deserves an answer for this today. further partisan bias is clear in the national voters registration act enforcement, aggressively suing states for now -- for not aggressively enough registering voters at welfare offices, but not a single case to fight...
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jill stein. >> the state of texas, please. >> the state of texas has 12 delegates in the house, all voting. all living proof that not all of our progressives live in austin. we would like to announce to the world after a wildly successful petition drive in 2010 we got ballot access and one of our candidates won more than 5% of the vote state wide. that assured us ballot access again in 2012 and we have had nearly as many candidates for all levels of office, county, state and federal as the rest of the united states combined. and because the democratic party hasn't fielded candidates for state wide office a good chance of resuming that for 2014 and beyond. we would like to remind the rest of the nation that friends do not let friends vote straight democrat. the green party of the lone star state of texas would like to cast nine vote it is for jill stein of massachusetts. two for roseanne bar of hawaii and one for rhett smith from texas. >> next the commonwealth of virginia. >> the commonwealth of virginia, not just the home of the so called national governors association. we are proud to be
jill stein. >> the state of texas, please. >> the state of texas has 12 delegates in the house, all voting. all living proof that not all of our progressives live in austin. we would like to announce to the world after a wildly successful petition drive in 2010 we got ballot access and one of our candidates won more than 5% of the vote state wide. that assured us ballot access again in 2012 and we have had nearly as many candidates for all levels of office, county, state and federal...
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living in a state like texas, we have seen 99% good as opposed to harm. many of us have met the students that will be impacted. i appreciate there has been the utilization of powers under the law that your agency has been effective in utilizing. i think this executive order will be helpful to all of us. it would be better under comprehensive immigration reform. i will speak to two issues quickly. a 14-year-old girl was mistakenly reported to colombia by immigration agents. she gave agents a fake name that belonged to a 22-year-old illegal alien with warrants for her arrest. she was held in the harris county jail. ice agents took her fingerprints but did not confirm her identity before deporting her. according to media reports, the chicago-area resident born in india and naturalized as a citizen was flagged as an illegal immigrant after a drug- related arrest because the federal government never updated his immigration status. he was held in a maximum security prison before ice acknowledge the error and canceled the detention order. both cases are troublin
living in a state like texas, we have seen 99% good as opposed to harm. many of us have met the students that will be impacted. i appreciate there has been the utilization of powers under the law that your agency has been effective in utilizing. i think this executive order will be helpful to all of us. it would be better under comprehensive immigration reform. i will speak to two issues quickly. a 14-year-old girl was mistakenly reported to colombia by immigration agents. she gave agents a...
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we spent time back in dallas, texas, during the break. granted, perhaps they are not as impacted necessarily by the bill. they are in the health-care industry. they are talking about chairs that they will have in their dental practice. they are talking about where bands that they will put in children's mouths. these are all going to be taxed with a medical device tax. also, dental care will rise very substantially. so i go back to this point. even at a cost of twice as much, would this be a good deal? heck, no. because if we did not take care of repealing it, we would have to double the tax. we would have to take $1 trillion, not $500 billion. $1 trillion out of senior care. not the republican side, but people who are 80, 19 years old who are on it today. we would double the cost on states. they are already staggeringly high. we would double the tax on small business. we would double down virtually everything about this bill, and instead of huge budget losing 800 million more jobs, which is considered the government estimate, the private
we spent time back in dallas, texas, during the break. granted, perhaps they are not as impacted necessarily by the bill. they are in the health-care industry. they are talking about chairs that they will have in their dental practice. they are talking about where bands that they will put in children's mouths. these are all going to be taxed with a medical device tax. also, dental care will rise very substantially. so i go back to this point. even at a cost of twice as much, would this be a...
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they do not like texas. -- taxes. >> am i next? [laughter] >> you are too far along to stop. >> all right. the thing that upsets me the very most is that we as conservatives seem too willing to let the liberals have the moral high ground. for instance, someone will say well, we as liberals want to help the poor. that makes us more moral. i would love to hear conservatives come back and say, that depends on how you get the money to help the poor. through persuasion or coercion. >> do not even go that far. never yield the high ground of compassion. they do not deserve it. >> how do you make that click argument? >> here is one. if you are coming out of church, make it longer. if you are in a bar, say, how come conservatives give more of their time, money, blood, treasure, and everything else to support them liberals do? [applause] liberals are prepared to give other people's money to the poor. conservatives give their own money to the poor. and their own time to the poor. never never yield. 26 cities around the country teaching abstin
they do not like texas. -- taxes. >> am i next? [laughter] >> you are too far along to stop. >> all right. the thing that upsets me the very most is that we as conservatives seem too willing to let the liberals have the moral high ground. for instance, someone will say well, we as liberals want to help the poor. that makes us more moral. i would love to hear conservatives come back and say, that depends on how you get the money to help the poor. through persuasion or coercion....
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host: we will squeeze one more call in from texas. kim is on our line for students. go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. then you can answer. i appreciate you doing that for the student loans. i do follow it. i have to follow this, now. the moral of the story is, in texas, we are proud of you democrats. stay strong. that your bills. we need somebody to represent us. the south is getting an understanding. we have a lot of student loan theft from the schools. i have two children. they graduated with $80,000 debt of peace -- apiece. i followed the trading scandal because i learned to trade. i understand the situation going on. a lot of americans do not understand how everything is. i do understand commerce. many democrats to come down here and be our representatives. we do not have anybody for our voice. democrats do not do their job of getting out to vote. they get overwhelmed. anyway, we have a lot of that going on. host: we're going to leave it there. i am running out of times. -- i am running out of time. guest: i think the question really gets to the main point. t
host: we will squeeze one more call in from texas. kim is on our line for students. go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. then you can answer. i appreciate you doing that for the student loans. i do follow it. i have to follow this, now. the moral of the story is, in texas, we are proud of you democrats. stay strong. that your bills. we need somebody to represent us. the south is getting an understanding. we have a lot of student loan theft from the schools. i have two children. they...
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gordon was originally from texas and lived in aurora with his family. he was -- quote -- "a quit-witted world traveler with a keen sense of humor." he will are remembered for his devotion to his children and for always trying to do the right thing, no matter the obstacle. gordon took his two teenaged children to the theater the night of the shooting, both of whom thankfully made it out unharmed. >> this is jessica ghawi, age 24. jessica was an aspiring journalist, most recently interning with mile high sports radio in denver and went by the nickname redfield. she was hard working and ambitious with a generous spirit and kind heart. when numerous homes were recently destroyed by colorado wildfires, ghawi decided to start collecting hockey equipment to donate to the kids affected because she wanted to help. >> thithis is john thomas layer. she was a cryptological technician also at buckley. a job which requires "exceptional good comarkt and skills." originally from chicago, he was the youngest of five children and joined the service just over a year ago,
gordon was originally from texas and lived in aurora with his family. he was -- quote -- "a quit-witted world traveler with a keen sense of humor." he will are remembered for his devotion to his children and for always trying to do the right thing, no matter the obstacle. gordon took his two teenaged children to the theater the night of the shooting, both of whom thankfully made it out unharmed. >> this is jessica ghawi, age 24. jessica was an aspiring journalist, most recently...
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chairman. >> the gentleman from texas. >> i want to thank the witnesses. first, madam secretary, let me compliment you on your recent attention to the caribbean. we cheered and oversight hearing on the caribbean being the third border. i got reports that from governor for two new -- gov. fortunio. i also chaired a hearing recently on the use of drums. es.use of dron there is another issue of them being used throughout the united states in the interior. i bring this up because the gao said four years ago that the tsa, under dhs, had a role to play with respect to security assessments in national policy. then less than a year ago, we had a man who tried to use a drone in an attempt to blow up the pentagon in the united states capitol. i was surprised by the response by your department that you had no role with respect to the d rones and that you would not send witnesses to testify at that hearing. so i just want to register my disappointment. i personally think that dhs does have a rope and in fact, i remember sitting on the subcommittee, both republican and
chairman. >> the gentleman from texas. >> i want to thank the witnesses. first, madam secretary, let me compliment you on your recent attention to the caribbean. we cheered and oversight hearing on the caribbean being the third border. i got reports that from governor for two new -- gov. fortunio. i also chaired a hearing recently on the use of drums. es.use of dron there is another issue of them being used throughout the united states in the interior. i bring this up because the...
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before joining hennepin county in february of last year, she worked in houston, texas, as the assistant deputy director for the mental health and mental retardation office. she improved efficiencies between multiple agencies as a means to improve patient care and reduce costs. in hennepin county, she has taken on a similar role. the county operated health plan, the county federally qualified health care center, and the social service arm of hennepin county. the idea is to make a streamlined model for health care reform. jennifer, the floor is yours. we look forward to your comments. >> i appreciate the opportunity to be here. hennepin has newly embarked on health care initiatives trying to look at things differently. imagine not knowing where you will sleep or where your next meal is coming from. often we find patients not taking medications or managing blood pressure. the biggest failure of health care is we are not paying attention to bringing together health care services with social services and basic needs. that is the opportunity hennepin county is working to resolve. we identifie
before joining hennepin county in february of last year, she worked in houston, texas, as the assistant deputy director for the mental health and mental retardation office. she improved efficiencies between multiple agencies as a means to improve patient care and reduce costs. in hennepin county, she has taken on a similar role. the county operated health plan, the county federally qualified health care center, and the social service arm of hennepin county. the idea is to make a streamlined...
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. -- texas and three southern states. it is tough to find another election. he might be allowed to go back and find. marginally so. certainly not in modern times. host: democratic line. good morning. caller: my question is about the swing states. when you go to pennsylvania i do not have nothing against ids. my problem is why not two or three years before an election, not just a few months? who are these people who cannot have it? i came here. normally i had this in the other. -- this or the other. some say it is voter suppression. it happens in every state whose governor is a senate republican. host: thank you. guest: the column references the voter edification laws passed a few months ago that has been controversial. it is modeled after indiana. it is restrictive in terms of the agenda vacation have to supply when you go to vote. there is a big controversy over that law, whether it does involve voter suppression. how many people would it affect? the republicans control the legislature. he signed the bill into law. he said maybe if that year than 100,000 peo
. -- texas and three southern states. it is tough to find another election. he might be allowed to go back and find. marginally so. certainly not in modern times. host: democratic line. good morning. caller: my question is about the swing states. when you go to pennsylvania i do not have nothing against ids. my problem is why not two or three years before an election, not just a few months? who are these people who cannot have it? i came here. normally i had this in the other. -- this or the...
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the past two years with the savings we have generated, the actual cost for a full-time student ivy texas dropped in real dollars since 2008. the cost and this segment of society as far outstripped inflation but the income growth of most americans. the concern for my homestead i have is the sad fact that the four-year residential experiences out of reach for at the hoosier families. community colleges, we have focused in the past on low-cost and open access. we need to shift to a completion agenda while maintaining power low-cost. the community college has become a critical part of the affordability solution. thank you very much. >> dr.twig, welcome back thank you for inviting me to testify. >> i am president and ceo for the center for academic transformation, nonprofit organization founded in 1993. to center's mission is demonstrate how effective information technology can improve student learning outcomes and reduce instructional costs. we focus on undergraduate higher education. everyone seems to agree that both costs on the price of higher education are too high. the primary driver of
the past two years with the savings we have generated, the actual cost for a full-time student ivy texas dropped in real dollars since 2008. the cost and this segment of society as far outstripped inflation but the income growth of most americans. the concern for my homestead i have is the sad fact that the four-year residential experiences out of reach for at the hoosier families. community colleges, we have focused in the past on low-cost and open access. we need to shift to a completion...
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another vignette from texas and the same year in 2000, governor rick perry running for reelection. he ran a series of debt-to-know- you ads. he allowed a team of academics to help him i signed the ads. there randomly decide which adds to where end of -- to where -- to air when. in rick perry's case, the ads did matter when he was on the air. his favorability one of five percentage points will be as wrong television. but the minute the ad came off the air, his favorability ratings fell back to their original levels. that research is published in the american political science review. those two projects tell very different stories above the effectiveness of advertising. in the latter case, they did not adair predicted did not matter very much at all. the effect was there but then rapidly went away. we have these two possibilities. they matter a lot, on the matter very little. in 2006, i said i was in college to try to figure out how rapidly the affects of that's the kim. our takeaway, after the 2000 and 2004 elections was that an effective advertising became rapid. in a presidential
another vignette from texas and the same year in 2000, governor rick perry running for reelection. he ran a series of debt-to-know- you ads. he allowed a team of academics to help him i signed the ads. there randomly decide which adds to where end of -- to where -- to air when. in rick perry's case, the ads did matter when he was on the air. his favorability one of five percentage points will be as wrong television. but the minute the ad came off the air, his favorability ratings fell back to...
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to me glass-steagall worked flawlessly for 70 years until the repeal of senator phil gramm of texas. with this we have 2000 pages of dodd-frank which does not seem to want to be applied to wall street or the bankers or the money changers that were the architects of the downturn. i wanted to know, what is the difference between dodd-frank and glass-steagall and why we cannot bring them back. guest: that is a good question. the easiest way i can describe it is, glass-steagall at the time you could define it and look at it as a meat cleaver in which you saw out banks' access to eight tax payers safety net or guarantee. separate risky activities away from that. if you want to engage in trading or various types of other activities on wall street would have access to the taxpayer safety net. because of that the thinking goes, you would think twice about taking extreme risks because nobody would bail you out. dodd-frank did not take that approach. they tried to limit certain activities and try to curb others and put more rules and requirements on banks to incentivize them not to take human
to me glass-steagall worked flawlessly for 70 years until the repeal of senator phil gramm of texas. with this we have 2000 pages of dodd-frank which does not seem to want to be applied to wall street or the bankers or the money changers that were the architects of the downturn. i wanted to know, what is the difference between dodd-frank and glass-steagall and why we cannot bring them back. guest: that is a good question. the easiest way i can describe it is, glass-steagall at the time you...
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and like the secretary, we also traveled to grapevine, texas, to chat with military kids and educators, and then we wrapped up our trip yesterday discussing leadership with soldiers and family members at fort hood. and at every stop, it won't surprise you to know, i was struck by their tremendous sense of pride and commitment. they're courageous, they're selfless, they're smart, they're dedicated, they're irrepressible. they'll do anything to take care of this country. and i was also struck by the degree to which the budget concerns them. i find it encouraging on the one hand that our military family is informed and interested. it it's unfortunate that weighs so heavily on their minds. frankly, they have enough to worry about. they have faith in us. they expect us to figure that out. so as the secretary has made clear, we simply have to come together to prevent this across-the-board, unbalanced cut that could jeopardize our ability to deal with the very real and serious threats that we face. the chiefs and i have no issue with military budgets being held accountable in these challengin
and like the secretary, we also traveled to grapevine, texas, to chat with military kids and educators, and then we wrapped up our trip yesterday discussing leadership with soldiers and family members at fort hood. and at every stop, it won't surprise you to know, i was struck by their tremendous sense of pride and commitment. they're courageous, they're selfless, they're smart, they're dedicated, they're irrepressible. they'll do anything to take care of this country. and i was also struck by...
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[applause] >> sheila jackson lee of the state of texas, a great progressive leader. [applause] >> oh, my god. i am brought to tears today. i want to thank everyone standing here. many of us come from the poorest districts in the land. i happen to come from one of the poorest districts in america. i stand here today in the name of the sick laying in hospital beds or young mothers trying to get children immunized or those of the elite who cannot substitute money for prescription drugs because they have to eat. i stand here desperately gratified for all those hours of town hall meetings, saying there was no caring in this country, to be able to say that the sick need to be taken care of. i stand in a place where i could not be on the day of the emancipation proclamation when the slaves were free. i could not be there. but my ancestors could tell me what it meant to be free. today i stand on the steps of the supreme court feeling freedom for those who lay sick in their beds. god is ever-present for those of us who understand the militant go -- who understand the omnipote
[applause] >> sheila jackson lee of the state of texas, a great progressive leader. [applause] >> oh, my god. i am brought to tears today. i want to thank everyone standing here. many of us come from the poorest districts in the land. i happen to come from one of the poorest districts in america. i stand here today in the name of the sick laying in hospital beds or young mothers trying to get children immunized or those of the elite who cannot substitute money for prescription drugs...
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lots of male politicians in texas think they should be president. this year, texans were running for the republican nomination. have you ever thought about running for president herself? if so, why did you decide not to? >> i have, and i would love to have had the right timing. but timing is everything in life. i talked to mike two children 11 years ago -- my two children 11 years ago. that took me out of the capability. i go home every weekend. i was not here to build my name identification in the way that you would if you were running for president. i have not been able to do some of the things that would prepare. also, up until really this year, it was kind of a given that the person with the most seniority and the most logical next step choice would run for president? . this year, amazingly, people just popped up and ran for president. [laughter] if i were 15 years younger and my children were already gone, i could have run for president. but not under these rules back then. i would have loved to have run, but the timing was not right. i never f
lots of male politicians in texas think they should be president. this year, texans were running for the republican nomination. have you ever thought about running for president herself? if so, why did you decide not to? >> i have, and i would love to have had the right timing. but timing is everything in life. i talked to mike two children 11 years ago -- my two children 11 years ago. that took me out of the capability. i go home every weekend. i was not here to build my name...
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we hear about in the metro section, you chuckle, you hear the stories about a little old lady from texas or so forth giving the guard at the smithsonian to hold on to while she checks out the theater and being charged with a felony. people like this who are obviously innocent, you know, whether it's a prosecutorial discretion or rewriting the law in a certain way, to not capture these people, that clearly are listened in -- licensed in their home state, or simply aren't aware of the weird things in places like d.c. and new york about guns. host: charlestown, west virginia, gary, independent line. caller: thank you for having me on, first-time caller. this particular issue is pretty important to me. i'll try to keep it brief. first thing, as far as the magazines go, something was said earlier about how many rounds should be in a magazine. here's the thing. i'm a firearms instructor, an avid sportsman, i'm a hunter, i shoot a lot. there's no particular reason for anybody to have a 100 round magazine. something of that nature is not for self-defense, it is nothing -- there's no other purpos
we hear about in the metro section, you chuckle, you hear the stories about a little old lady from texas or so forth giving the guard at the smithsonian to hold on to while she checks out the theater and being charged with a felony. people like this who are obviously innocent, you know, whether it's a prosecutorial discretion or rewriting the law in a certain way, to not capture these people, that clearly are listened in -- licensed in their home state, or simply aren't aware of the weird...
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>> -amanda, from the bush school of government texas university. i want to ask the panelists, how do you take this experience and extend it back to people who, for logistical reasons, not everyone can leave and come to a program like this. they are already predisposed to dialogue. how do you take it back to people. seems like some people came back into it with a spirit of revenge. >> i am studying economics in college. but but we have genius' ideas with a beautiful mind -- >> we have genius' ideas with a beautiful mind. a lot of geniuses are not just the engineers who are very productive. let them appreciate each other. and i have a program for start- ups and crowd funding projects where we put them in a safe environment and in that way the palestinians can realize how they can reach out in a world where a lot of people will be willing to support them and that way you will have the palestinians who are young like us start their projects and realize that even though there is a humanity, but it is not just my project when we go back and that is what
>> -amanda, from the bush school of government texas university. i want to ask the panelists, how do you take this experience and extend it back to people who, for logistical reasons, not everyone can leave and come to a program like this. they are already predisposed to dialogue. how do you take it back to people. seems like some people came back into it with a spirit of revenge. >> i am studying economics in college. but but we have genius' ideas with a beautiful mind -- >>...